The Boost libraries are intended to be usable and widely useful across a broad spectrum of applications. The Boost license encourages both commercial and non-commercial use.
Boost aims to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations so that Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Ten Boost libraries are already included in the C++ Standards Committee's Library Technical Report (TR1) as a step toward becoming part of a future C++ Standard.
Boost works on almost any modern operating system, including UNIX and Windows variants. Boost may also already be available on your organization's internal web server.
There are several ways to install Boost libraries, but one simple way can be found here.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Bug fixes: Asio, Fusion, Graph, Icl, Math, Polygon, Proto, Property Tree, Signals2, TR1, Unordered.